Specifications

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Setting System Preferences

Todisplay the system

c!ockon your screen

press CLOCK from the

functionkey row. To

remorseit, press CLOCK

again.

Disable screen saver

before printing to print

faster.

Once you set or

change settings and

apply them, they

remain in effect until

changed.

Setting preferences works the same for all system preferences. Your notebook

allows you to set the following system preferences:

• Date & Tmae allows, you to set the current date and time.

Lights Out lets you select a screen saver, which acts as a battery

saver when the AC adapter is not connected and battery power alone

is used (see page 9). When the system is not in use for a specified

period of time, the screen saver you selected appears. You specify the

period of time. To exit the screen saver (Lights Ou0, use the

keyboard (preferably, press SHIFT to avoid opening a program with

another key).

Look & Feel sets options that control the background design, color,

and the text that appears at the top of the Main Menu. Look & Feel

also sets the automatic save function (see Setting Auto Save

Preferences on page 33).

Sound turns the sound on or off for errors.

You can also set preferences for peripheral functions. Instructions for these

functions are found as follows:

• Battery sets battery charging preferences (see page 8).

• Modem i._tglls_,and configures the modem (see page 14). .,

• Mouse installs and configures an optional serial mouse (see page 16).

• Printer installs and configures a printer (see page 11).

• Fax sets up the Fax function (see the Fax and Data Modem chapter

in this book).

_ To set or change system preferences:

1. Click on Preferences on the Main Menu. The Preferences menu appears.

2. Click on the icon for the feature you want to set. A dialog box for that

feature opens.

3. Set the options in the dialog box and click on OK. If you want to go back

to the original settings, click on Reset.

4. At the top of the Preferences menu screen, click on File. A submenu

appears.

5. Click on Exit to return to the Main Menu.

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